If we wish to do good to men, we must pity 10 and not despise them. Amiel.
If we would amend the world, we should mend ourselves and teach our children what they should be. Wm. Penn.
If we would endeavour like brave men to stand in the battle, surely we should feel the assistance from Heaven. Thomas à Kempis.
If we would have a genuine torment, let us wish for too much time. Goethe.
If we would put ourselves in the place of other people, the jealousy and dislike which we often feel towards them would depart, and if we put others in our place, our pride and self-conceit would very much decrease. Goethe.
If what happens does not make us richer, we 15 must bid it welcome if it make us wiser. Johnson.
If "wise memory" is ever to prevail, there is need of much "wise oblivion" first. Carlyle.
If within the sophisticated man there is not an unsophisticated one, then he is but one of the devil's angels. Thoreau.
If women were humbler, men would be honester. Vanbrugh.
If wrong our hearts, our heads are right in vain. Young.